Senate roll call 279 · 49th Congress · Jul 24, 1886
To table an amendment to H. R. 9478 appropriating funds to establish a salmon hatchery on the columbia river.
On Jul 24, 1886, the Senate voted 28–24 (HR 9478). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–18, Democrats 20–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 49th Congress (1885–1886), Grover Cleveland was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 28
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jul 24, 1886
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Hearst D-CA voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry B. Payne D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Gray D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Washington Curran Whitthorne D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger R-VA
- William Mahone R-VA
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Abram Pease Williams R-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Person Colby Cheney R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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